Column Reference Syntax

Formula Pro supports reading values from all standard monday.com columns.

In Formulas

When writing formulas in Formula Pro automations, you reference columns using placeholders. The exact syntax depends on the integration context:

{item's ColumnName}

In documentation and recipe builders, columns are often shown as:

{item's Status}
{item's Date}
{item's Number}
{item's Timeline}
{item's Assignee}

Replace ColumnName with your actual column title.

Literal Prefixes

When a literal character precedes a placeholder (e.g., # before a code), use concatenation:

CONCATENATE("#", {item's Code})

Column Types and Formats

Column Type	Format / Notes
Text	Plain string
Numbers	Numeric value; use in math directly
Date	YYYY-MM-DD or datetime YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss
Timeline	YYYY-MM-DD+YYYY-MM-DD (start+end)
Status	Status label (e.g., "Done", "In Progress")
People	User ID or display format depending on context
Location	May include lat:lng:address format
Email	email:Display Name for link columns
Link	url:Label or plain URL; any absolute URL with a scheme (http, https, file, mailto, tel, ftp, etc.) except blocked schemes (javascript:, data:, vbscript:). monday.com link columns officially render http/https as clickable links; other schemes are written best-effort and may not open in the board UI.

Common Patterns

Extracting parts of Timeline

LEFT({item's Timeline}, 10)   → Start date
RIGHT({item's Timeline}, 10)  → End date
START({item's Timeline})      → Start (Formula Pro)
END({item's Timeline})        → End (Formula Pro)

Date formatting

TEXT(DATEVALUE({item's Date}), "YYYY-MM-DD")
FORMAT_DATE({item's Date}, "MMM DD, YYYY")

Conditional with column value

IF({item's Status} = "Done", "Complete", "Pending")
SWITCH({item's Priority}, 1, "High", 2, "Medium", "Low")